Archive image from page 522 of The dignity of science; studies The dignity of science; studies in the philosophy of science dignityofscience00weis Year: 1961 SOCIAL SCIENCE FOUNDED ON A UNIFIED NATURAL SCIENCE 485 incorporate into his own science what is not estabHshed by its own methods. Sociology can be of great ser\ace to theology. According to theology the ultimate work of God in the universe is the Church, a society which is a spiritual body having Christ Him- self as its head. History, viewed theologically, is the drama of the institution of this society by Christ and of its struggle t
Archive image from page 522 of The dignity of science; studies The dignity of science; studies in the philosophy of science dignityofscience00weis Year: 1961 SOCIAL SCIENCE FOUNDED ON A UNIFIED NATURAL SCIENCE 485 incorporate into his own science what is not estabHshed by its own methods. Sociology can be of great ser\ace to theology. According to theology the ultimate work of God in the universe is the Church, a society which is a spiritual body having Christ Him- self as its head. History, viewed theologically, is the drama of the institution of this society by Christ and of its struggle to complete His mission. The Church as it now exists is a society developing in concrete circumstances. We as Christians and members of that society have to play our role in this present moment amidst these present conditions. Revelation shows us the nature of the Church and its history in outline, but to fill out this outline in thought and in action requires a pro- found analysis of our times, its forces and institutions, its social trends. From the life of the single parish to the life of the Church throughout the world we must see the life of the Church as it really is, studying it through the eyes both of faith and of science, with a vision that humbly accepts the facts, unafraid, since ultimate victory is assured. This realistic Christian vision is possible today only if we make full use of the social sciences and of the natural science on which they are securely founded. Benedict M. Ashley, O. P. Dominican House of Studies River Forest, Illinois
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